Better Pipe Organ Database

Reuter Organ Co. Opus 1776 (1973)

St. Monica's Roman Catholic Church
2422 S. 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA

Images

1973 - Church exterior after rebuild following 1971 fire that left only the walls (Photograph by James C. Clearkin, Inc., submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2017-09-18 - View from Exposed Great Division to Chancel (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach/Database Manager)

2017-09-18 - Panoramic photo of Nave with rear gallery Organ (Photograph by Adam F. Dieffenbach/Database Manager)

1973-06-06 - Chancel and Altar from Nave (Postcard from Jim Cook's collection/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Traditional With Roll Top
Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
3 manuals
49 stops
63 registers
5 divisions
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Drawknobs in Vertical Rows on Angled Jambs
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Has combination thumb pistons
Has combination toe pistons
Has coupler thumb pistons
Has coupler toe pistons
Has tutti thumb pistons
Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-11-24 - Identified from the Reuter Opus List, provided by Chris Leaver, Reuter Organ Co., November, 2005. -Database Manager

2012-08-20 - Updated through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- Church destroyed by fire January 8, 1971, rebuilt and then rededicated May 25, 1975. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from 1977 International Congress of Organists booklet Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

       Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
       St. Monica's R. C. Church

       Reuter   Op. 1776   1975   3/61
       ______________________________________________

       GREAT                           SWELL
   16' Quintaten                   16' Rohrgedeckt
    8' Prinzipal                    8' Principal
    8' Bourdon                      8' Subbass
    4' Oktav                        8' Viola
    4' Koppelflöte                  8' Viola Celeste
    2' Kleinoktav                   8' Flauto Dolce
   IV  Fourniture                   8' Flute Celeste
  III  Acuta                        4' Spitzprincipal
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade         4' Hohlflöte
                                2 2/3' Nasard
       CHOIR                        2' Blockflöte
    8' Gedeckt                  1 3/5' Tierce
    8' Dolcan                     III  Scharf
    8' Dolcan Celeste              16' Fagott
    4' Principal                    8' Trompette
    4' Nachthorn                    8' Oboe
2 2/3' Nasat                        4' Rohrschalmei
    2' Doublette                       Tremolo
   II  Terzian
    8' Krummhorn                       PEDAL
       Tremolo                     32' Resultant
    8' Trompette-en-Chamade        16' Principal
                                   16' Subbass
       POSITIV                     16' Quintaten
    8' Nasonflöte                  16' Rohrgedeckt
    8' Salicional                   8' Octave
    4' Principal                    8' Subbass
    4' Spillflöte                   8' Quintaten
2 2/3' Nasat                        8' Rohrflöte
    2' Kleinprinzipal               4' Choralbass
1 1/3' Larigot                      4' Subbass
    1' Sifflöte                   III  Mixture
  III  Cymbel                      16' Bombarde
                                   16' Fagott
                                    8' Bombarde
                                    8' Fagott
                                    4' Bombarde
                                    4' Rohrschalmei

[Received online from Jeff Scofield August 18, 2012]